Tuesday 1st, Wednesday 2nd and Thursday 3rd October
The good news is that we are still mobile! The temporary repairs on Ruby have held out and on Tuesday morning we left Marrakesh and headed towards Essaouira on the Atlantic coast. Sadly as we were leaving, an ambulance was being called as one of the British motor homers had had a stroke.
We drove 110 miles to Essaouira, a fishing town with fortified walls,a fishing harbour and a long expanse of beach which is popular with surfers, and kite surfers because of the wind and fabulous waves.There are also camels and horses on the beach which you can hire for a ride.We parked up in the harbour and had a wander around,it really is a great little place.We started at the harbour and the small fishing boats were coming in with their catches, wow what catches they had! We saw all sorts including a giant tuna, octopus,swordfish, huge crabs and sharks.Everyone had their job to do, the fishermen unloaded the fish, someone else washed them and loaded them onto carts, they were wheeled away and then sold immediately either on the small stalls set up daily at the harbour or in the fish hall just a bit further down the road.In beween all the action huge seagulls feasted on the left overs.Essaouira also has a lovely Medina, with narrow alleyways selling a variety of stuff and numerous small restaurants selling the fish which was caught earlier in the day.
After a good wander, we went to the campsite about a mile out of town and got our roof tent out.It was in a great location but not so great facilities.The loos and showers had cockroaches the size of small mice running around inside them.It was a very quick dash to the loo and I have not showered for 2 days!
The following day, I woke up with a cold so decided to stay put at the campsite whilst Gav took his rod and went off to the beach to fish.He returned a few hours later with no fish and soaked up to his waist! He had got cut off by the tide and had to wade through a channel to get back! We returned to the harbour and Medina late afternoon and it was really atmospheric as dusk fell.
So after 2 days in Essaouira, we drove along the coast road today and covered about 350 miles reaching Moulay Bousselham by early evening.Moulay Bousselham is a little fishing village with a sweeping beach, great little fish restaurants and an internationally important bird reserve.The camp site is on the edge of the blue lagoon which is part of the Merja Zerga national park which attracts thousands of migrant birds including wildfowl, flamingos and waders making it one of Morocco`s prime bird watching spots.The local fishermen double up as guides and will take you out on their boat for a tour, so that`s what we shall do tomorrow or the following day.
The good news is that we are still mobile! The temporary repairs on Ruby have held out and on Tuesday morning we left Marrakesh and headed towards Essaouira on the Atlantic coast. Sadly as we were leaving, an ambulance was being called as one of the British motor homers had had a stroke.
We drove 110 miles to Essaouira, a fishing town with fortified walls,a fishing harbour and a long expanse of beach which is popular with surfers, and kite surfers because of the wind and fabulous waves.There are also camels and horses on the beach which you can hire for a ride.We parked up in the harbour and had a wander around,it really is a great little place.We started at the harbour and the small fishing boats were coming in with their catches, wow what catches they had! We saw all sorts including a giant tuna, octopus,swordfish, huge crabs and sharks.Everyone had their job to do, the fishermen unloaded the fish, someone else washed them and loaded them onto carts, they were wheeled away and then sold immediately either on the small stalls set up daily at the harbour or in the fish hall just a bit further down the road.In beween all the action huge seagulls feasted on the left overs.Essaouira also has a lovely Medina, with narrow alleyways selling a variety of stuff and numerous small restaurants selling the fish which was caught earlier in the day.
After a good wander, we went to the campsite about a mile out of town and got our roof tent out.It was in a great location but not so great facilities.The loos and showers had cockroaches the size of small mice running around inside them.It was a very quick dash to the loo and I have not showered for 2 days!
The following day, I woke up with a cold so decided to stay put at the campsite whilst Gav took his rod and went off to the beach to fish.He returned a few hours later with no fish and soaked up to his waist! He had got cut off by the tide and had to wade through a channel to get back! We returned to the harbour and Medina late afternoon and it was really atmospheric as dusk fell.
So after 2 days in Essaouira, we drove along the coast road today and covered about 350 miles reaching Moulay Bousselham by early evening.Moulay Bousselham is a little fishing village with a sweeping beach, great little fish restaurants and an internationally important bird reserve.The camp site is on the edge of the blue lagoon which is part of the Merja Zerga national park which attracts thousands of migrant birds including wildfowl, flamingos and waders making it one of Morocco`s prime bird watching spots.The local fishermen double up as guides and will take you out on their boat for a tour, so that`s what we shall do tomorrow or the following day.
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